The director of the Pascale Cancer
Centre in Naples, Elia (RPT Elia, not Elio as previously
reported) Abbondante, was arrested Tuesday in a probe into the
supply of medical equipment at the institute, judicial sources
said.
Abbondante, who is also the director-general of the ASL
Naples Centre health authority, was placed under house arrest in
his capacity as Pascale chief.
In all, seven people were placed under house arrest and had
their assets seized in the probe into suspected corruption at
the Pascale Foundation, judicial sources said.
In order to boost sales, police said, a scientific
researcher, Marco Argenziano, allegedly gave 10,000 euros to
chief surgeon Francesco Izzo to double orders of anti-cancer
drug Nexavar in 2015.
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